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Report outlines climate impact on Canada and Caribbean

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada
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October 2 2011

On September 29, after undertaking the first national study of climate change's economic consequences for Canada, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy released Paying the Price: The Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada detailing the negative impacts of climate change on the Canadian and Caribbean economies unless global greenhouse gas emissions are reduced and adaption policies are put in place in individual countries

EPA decides to expand access to canadian canola

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada, USA
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October 2 2011

On September 29, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that Canadian biofuel and biofuel feedstocks, including canola, will now meet the requirements of the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) program

Canadian mobile emissions

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada, USA
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November 20 2011

Environment Canada announced November 16 that it is seeking comments to guide the development of regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light-duty trucks in the 2017 model year and beyond as part of an ongoing effort with the United States to establish shared vehicle emissions standards

WCI nonprofit launched

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada, USA
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November 20 2011

The Western Climate Initiative created a nonprofit corporation November 10 that will provide administrative and technical services to support the implementation of GHG emissions trading programs covering seven U.S

Draft Canadian regulations on electricity generation announced

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada
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August 21 2011

On August 19, Environment Canada issued draft regulations that would reduce the national GHG emissions from electricity generation by 31 million metric tons between 2005 and 2020 with new standards for future coal-fired plants and the phasing out of old and inefficient factories

US Chamber of Commerce warns against denying keystone XL permit

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada, USA
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September 25 2011

On September 23, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue warned that if the United States failed to permit the proposed Keystone XL pipeline between Alberta and Texas, Canada would simply find an alternate export route for its oil sands crude

U.S. renewable energy company plans to submit Chapter 11 claim against Canada

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada, USA
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July 24 2011

On July 14, Mesa Power Group, LLC, a renewable energy developer, announced that it has filed a notice of intent to submit a North American Free Trade Agreement Chapter 11 arbitration claim against Canada for alleged breaches of NAFTA obligations

Ruling to be made on Ontario alternative energy program

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada, Global
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July 24 2011

On July 20, the World Trade Organization (WTO) set up a dispute panel to rule whether domestic content requirements under a program in Ontario, Canada, aimed at encouraging the development of alternative energy is in violation of global trade rules

Canada won’t meet climate goals

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada
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October 9 2011

Canada’s environmental auditor released a report to Parliament October 4 concluding that the country’s actions to reduce GHG emissions are insufficient to meet the nation’s commitments under the Kyoto Protocol

WTO may examine Ontario FIT

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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Canada, Global
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January 15 2012

On January 20, the European Union will request the establishment of a World Trade Organization dispute panel to determine whether the domestic content requirements of Ontario’s Feed-In Tariff unfairly discriminates against foreign firms

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